I want to go buy a gift.
Which parts of speech are "go" and "buy"?
I am confused about this sentence.
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"to go" and "to buy" are verbs, of course. The sentence is a shortened form of "I want to go and buy a gift/present". You could also say: I want to go (in order) to buy a present.
get going
(idiomatic expression). It looks like a typo. I expect to say: go to buy, or go and buy ...